This is a discounted bundle featuring 5 of Hyperink's series of College Student’s Guides, including:
-Paying off Your Student Loan
-Credit Scores
-Picking the Right Major
-Avoiding Stress, Eating Healthy and Staying Fit
-Starting a Band (and Playing Parties Around Campus)
Here are brief excerpts from each below. Buy them together and save over 20% off the combined price!
= = = = =
From Paying off Your Student Loan:
Graduation from college is a time of joy and relief, but for those saddled with student loan debt, it can also be a time of fear and trepidation. Students get a six-month grace period before they’re required to start paying their loans, but this will pass quickly, so it is a good idea to start planning how to pay off your student loans as soon as possible.
The good news is, student loan debt is one of the best kinds of debt to have. It carries a low interest rate, and there are many different payment plans that can be utilized in order to pay down the debt. The most important thing to remember is that it is very important to address student debt and not ignore your student loan payments.
The loan companies have many different programs to help you reduce your debt and avoid accruing more interest, but it is vital that you stay in touch with these companies so that they understand your unique financial situation. When you get a new job or lose a job, the terms of your student loan payment agreements will change accordingly. Anytime you have a major life change, you will need to consider how it will affect the repayment of your student loans.
= = = = =
From Picking the Right Major:
Once you are in college, everything changes, whether you’re an 18-year-old living away from home for the first time, or you’re attending as an older student. Even the way you talk to people changes when you’re in college. Instead of just saying hello and asking your name and where you're from, now there is a new question that people will ask you time and time again: "What's your major?"
In college, your major becomes one of your defining characteristics. It says something about your interests, your personality, your hobbies, your talents and skills, and, most importantly, what kind of career path you will be choosing after you graduate.
If you do not already have a major, you might come to dread this question. In fact, the question often extends past the student body and becomes a common topic of conversation with everybody you bump into. Once people find out you are in college, the first thing they want to know is your chosen field of subject. Saying "I haven't decided yet" over and over can get a little old, but don't despair. Although you may envy those lucky people who come into college with a clear path in mind and instantly know what they want to do with their lives, you are not alone.
= = = = =
From Avoiding Stress, Eating Healthy and Staying Fit:
Make most of your meals by eating lots of fruits and vegetables, with a side of good quality protein such as chicken, fish, tofu, or lean meat. Try to avoid processed starches, such as white bread, pasta, muffins (yes, even bran muffins), white sugar, donuts...you get the picture. They create a kind of “glue” in your system that slows down digestion and makes your blood sugar spike, which in turn causes you to be hungry much sooner.
You can get into an unhealthy cycle of sugar spike and insulin reaction, which will exhaust you and it harder to achieve a healthy weight.
Instead, opt for whole grains, which release their sugars into your blood stream slowly. You’ll have more energy over the course of the day, rather than crashing an hour or two after lunch. Experiment: try incorporating brown rice, quinoa, millet, or spelt into your diet. You’ll get some much-needed variety, and maybe learn a great recipe or two. Many people experience allergic reactions to wheat, even if they don’t register those reactions as such.
